Moons and asteroids will be visited by spacecraft from Earth next year.

Expect lots of space missions to launch this coming year, with exciting new science to follow.

Chandrayaan-3’s successful landing on the Moon made 2023 a big year for lunar exploration, and future years will come with even more discoveries.

Borman’s professionalism helped the risky Apollo 8 mission become a success.

Some dark craters on the Moon are never exposed to light − ice could be hiding in these permanently shadowed regions, and India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission marked a big step toward finding it.

The Moon was formed when it collided with Earth billions of years ago.

Despite the distances involved, people as far apart as the UK and Australia can see the Moon at the same time.

Some space rocks you can get for free – if you know how to identify them. Rarer materials cost more, and the asteroid sample NASA just brought back has a high price tag.

Controlled experiments are impossible in astronomy, as are direct measurements of physical properties of objects outside our solar system. So how do astronomers know so much about them?

India’s Chandrayaan-3 rover has found sulfur on the Moon’s surface at higher concentrations than previously seen. Sulfur, a useful resource, could pave the way for future Moon bases.